SkavauFeb 28

‘BattleBots’ Gets 20-Episode Order; New Season Will Premiere on YouTube Before Hitting Broadcast

https://piefed.social/c/television/p/1828431/battlebots-gets-20-episode-order-new-season-will-premiere-on-youtube-before-hitting-bro

Show threadShindo66Mar 1
What i want in actual bots. No human controls. Robots by definition are autonomous. You put the bot in, run.exe and off it goes. It would make them have to really think about design instead of just having a whirling hammer on an rc car.
Show threadCaptDust

Orbitron claims to be mostly autonomous. I believe the driver still influences overall strategy but for the most part it handles second to second combat by itself. It hasn’t had much success, but autonomy is an area teams are exploring.

Battlebots Org themselves are also looking into other rules for humanoid bots and autonomous combat. It’s probably just a matter of time, but under current rules the autonomous bots will have to fight better than human operated first.

Orbitron

Orbitron, sometimes stylized as ORBITRON, is a heavyweight robot built by the eponymous Team Orbitron, which has competed at BattleBots Proving Ground, FaceOffs, and is scheduled to compete in the 2026 BattleBots Pro League. The design intent of Orbitron is to make AI and software automation competitive in combat robotics. Although teams have attempted varying levels of computer-based enhancements before, Orbitron is the first to integrate computer control with automated driving and strategy...

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